August 14, 2019 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Following Facebook’s (FB) Q2 results on July 25th the stock gapped up to its highest levels in a year, since the stock gapped lower last July from its all-time highs, losing more than $100 billion …

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August 13, 2019 by Dan • Trade Ideas

At 1:26 pm on August 1st president trump tweeted his displeasure with the ongoing trade negotiations with China and threatened a new 10% tariff on $300 billion of largely consumer goods that come into our …

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August 12, 2019 by Dan • Big Printin'

Minutes after the open this morning when the QQQ (the Nasdaq 100 etf) was trading $185.15. there was an opening buyer of 7,000 of the November 176 – 157 put spreads paying $3.11 to open. …

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August 5, 2019 by Dan • Trade Updates

Since early Spring it has been my view that U.S. Treasuries would remain the beneficiary from the ongoing trade war with China: This from March 6th (Bonds Shaken, Not Yet Stirred): Its been my view …

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August 2, 2019 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Global equities have had a bit of a wild ride this week, following the U.S. Fed’s decision to cut the Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, while offering forward guidance that was …

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August 1, 2019 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Square (SQ) will report their Q2 results today after the close. The options market is implying about a 6.7% move in either direction which is essentially inline with the 7% average one-day post-earnings move over …

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